Chinese dissident Badiucao’s Hong Kong show cancelled over ‘threats’

An exhibition by a dissident Chinese-Australian cartoonist in Hong Kong has been cancelled by its organisers over what they said were threats from China.

By BBC

This article first appeared in BBC on 3 November 2018Link to original article: HERE

Badiucao’s work focuses on rights abuses and satirises President Xi Jinping.

His show was part of events examining free speech in Hong Kong since the 2014 pro-democracy “umbrella” protests.

The cancellation comes as pro-democracy activists say Hong Kong’s freedoms are being eroded by Beijing.

In a statement, Free Expression Week organisers Hong Kong Free Press, Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders said Badiucao’s first solo show “Gongle” had been cancelled over “safety concerns”.